Monday
Celebrity News Snippits
 Tatum O'NealIt's reported that Tatum O'Neal was arrested at 7.30pm last night after allegedly purchasing crack cocaine cocaine outside her New York home. A suspected dealer, believed to be named Allen Garcia was also arrested.Yves Saint LaurentSaid by some to be the most influential fashion designer of the second half of the 20th Century, Yves Saint Laurent died at the age of 71 following a long illness. He had been retired from his business since 2002. Fern BrittonUK television presenter Fern Britton has been telling porkies. She lost weight because of a gastric band and not through healthy eating. She had previously told Now magazine, "I just ate a bit healthier and took up cycling to work. It's taken me two years and a lot of hard work."Even her husband, Phil Vickery spun the same story he also told the magazine, "Fern has lost a lot of weight through cycling, walking the dog and not eating too much - simple as that." But not that simple then? Jodie PrengerThe winner of the BBC's I'd Do Anything has told the Daily Mirror that she isn't too fat for the role of Nancy. She told the newspaper, "I'm a size 14, an average woman. Nowt special. Whatever size you are, it doesn't matter as long as you're healthy and happy. But I've been through it - I've been size 26 and have gone through turmoil. But I don't want to make a huge issue out of it. That's what upsets women.""Ok, I'm never going to be a size zero - the closest I'll get to that is my shoe size. But before I came into this I was jogging five miles every other day. I can do it, don't worry." Of course size doesn't matter in everyday life - but it does for particular acting roles.  Kate MossAge is catching up with Kate Moss. She's just been dropped by Agent Provocateur for a model 14 years younger. She's going to be most likely replaced by Alice Dellal. It seems that the company want a 'trendier, edgier model' and a 'fresh new face.'Terry WoganWogan is still rambling on about the Eurovision song contest. Now he reckons that the east European Countries in the contest were racist. He said, "East of the Danube they won't be voting for a black singer any day soon".Just in case you don't know the UK entry was by a black singer, Andy Abraham, and came last. The real question is though: Do any of us in Britain really care a toss about this silly, meaningless contest? Labels: Eurovision, Fern Britton, Jodie Prenger, Kate Moss. Alice Dellal, Tatum O'Neal, Terry Wogan, Yves Saint Laurent |
Sunday
I'd Do Anything: Jodie Prenger Wins
 It was the night of finals in the UK last night. First Britain's Got Talent - see two previous posts - and then for the part of Nancy in I'd Do Anything. And really both ended up with unpredictable results.Jodie Prenger won I'd Do Anything even though Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh thought the winner should have been Jessie Buckley. It just shows, as with Britain's Got Talent, that phone voting doesn't always follow logic.  With I'd Do Anything the lovely Samantha Barks was the first to be voted out of the three finalists followed by a tearful Jessie.It's only a personal opinion but I don't see Jodie as the perfect Nancy. She doesn't look right for the part for one thing - and yes, this is important - and her shocked expression at the end didn't altogether ring true. But such is life. Good luck to Jodie Prenger, 28, in the West End production of Oliver in December. No doubt the voters will rush for tickets.  Labels: Britain's Got Talent, I'd Do Anything, Jessie Buckley, Jodie Prenger, Samantha Barks |